Russian soprano opera singer Anna Netrebko

Anna Netrebko shone on the stage in the luxurious earrings for $ 20 million.
Anna Netrebko shone on the stage in the luxurious earrings for $ 20 million.

Russian soprano opera singer Anna Netrebko was born in Krasnodar, Southern Russia into a family of geologist. Anna started singing in early childhood, while in kindergarten. At school she sang in the “Kuban Pioneers” ensemble and was successfully trained athletics, she got the title of master of sports in acrobatics and sport categories in athletics. Anna’s beauty was also noticed – when she was 17, she won the title of the Vice Miss Kuban Beauty Contest. In 1990 she entered the vocal faculty of the Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad Conservatory. In 1993 Netrebko won in a nationwide vocalist contest and was invited to the Mariinskiy Theater, where she sang in a wide repertoire.

Opera diva Anna Netrebko has opened with dignity Yanina Couture show, devoted to Russian fairytales.
Opera diva Anna Netrebko has opened with dignity Yanina Couture show, devoted to Russian fairytales.

Touring and fame of Anna Netrebko

In 1995 Anna Netrebko, as part of the Mariinskiy Theater troupe, toured Finland, Germany, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Turkey and the US. She debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in the United States as Natasha Rostova in “War and Peace”. Critics say it was one of Netrebko’s best roles. She later reprised the role at the Mariinskiy Theater in St. Petersburg, at Madrid’s Real Theater, at Milan’s La Scala, London’s Covent Garden and at the Easter Festival in Moscow.

In an interview to The Observer newspaper in 2007 the singer said she chose Western music because “she had no voice for Russian music.” Despite the packed touring schedule, she remained the lead singer of the Mariinskiy Theater. She performed together with the world’s best-known conductors, including Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Colin Davis and Claudio Abbado. She was repeatedly invited abroad for solo performances and operas.

famous opera singer, laureate of many awards.
famous opera singer, laureate of many awards

Wide acclaim came to her after the roles of Pamina in “The Magic Flute” and Rosina in “The Barber of Seville.” She became a wide-known singer of Russian opera roles, including Lyudmila in “Ruslan and Lyudmila,” Louisa in “Betrothal in a Monastery” and Marfa in “The Tsar’s Bride”. She also sang in the uncharacteristic style of bel canto in the romantic roles of Gilda in “Rigoletto,” Musetta in “The Boheme” and Juliette in “Montecchi and Capuletti.”

In 2003 at the Los Angeles Opera she sang the part of Lucia di Lammermoor in Donzinetti’s opera of the same name. In February 2004 she sang at the Vienna Opera Ball. 2007 she debuted at Carnegie Hall, where she sang together with the famous Russian opera singer Dmitry Hvorostovsky.

45-year-old Anna Netrebko struck a slender figure
45-year-old Anna Netrebko struck a slender figure

Awards

Netrebko received numerous awards at international opera singers’ contests. In 1996 she won the Second International Rimsky-Korsakov young opera singers contest, in 1998 won the highest theater prize Casta Diva and in 1999 she won St. Petersburg’s highest theater prize “The Golden Light”. In 2003 she won the Salzburg musical festival. That, and the release of her first album under the Deutsche Gramophone label, made her popular among the Germans and Austrians, who named her “person of the year.” In October 2005 she received two prestigious German Echo prizes in classical music in the “Singer of the year” and “Album of the year” categories. In July 2006, the Austrian government awarded her citizenship “for special merits.” After that, she began living in Vienna.

Photo by Anna Netrebko after losing weight
Photo by Anna Netrebko after losing weight

In 2005 Netrebko received the Russian Federation State Prize in Science, Technology, Art and Culture. A year later she recorded the “Russian Album” under Deutsche Gramophone together with Valery Gergiev. It was nominated for a Grammy Award and though it failed to win, critics named it the best album of Netrebko’s career. She recorded her fourth album “Duets” together with Rolando Villazon in 2007 after the triumph of the “La Traviata” and the singers’ successful tour.

Anna Netrebko for the first time in her life wore a mini-skirt to a concert
Anna Netrebko for the first time in her life wore a mini-skirt to a concert

100 most influential people

In May 2007 Netrebko entered Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, and in November, Musical America named her “Musician of the Year.” A year later she became a People’s Artiste of Russia.

Anna Netrebko lived in Vienna, but she also owns apartments in St. Petersburg and New York. She was married to the Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott. They have a son, named Tiago Aruã Schrott, who was born on 5 September 2008.

Anna Netrebko for the first time in her life wore a mini-skirt to a concert
Anna Netrebko for the first time in her life wore a mini-skirt to a concert

Anna Netrebko says she loves to read Boris Akunin’s books and shopping. Movies are another of her passions and she even played a secondary part in “The Princess Diaries” movie.

Anna Netrebko and Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov (age 37) are pleased to announce their engagement. The couple began dating in March of this year when they appeared together in a production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Rome Opera House. A date for the wedding has not been set, and Anna and Yusif politely request that their privacy be respected.

Anna Netrebko with her husband, opera singer Yusif Eyvazov, and son Thiago
Anna Netrebko with her husband, opera singer Yusif Eyvazov, and son Thiago
With her husband Yusif Eyvazov
With her husband Yusif Eyvazov
she has split with bass-baritone Erwin Schrott
she has split with bass-baritone Erwin Schrott
Anna Netrebko sings the Olympic Games anthem
Anna Netrebko sings the Olympic Games anthem
Anna Netrebko and Philip Kirkorov
Anna Netrebko and Philip Kirkorov

“War and Peace” 2002, New York, Metropolitan Opera, as Natasha Rostova: Anna Netrebko
“The Wedding of Figaro” Anna Netrebko as Suzanne
In childhood